Original U.S. WWI Souvnier Badge and Button Uniform Trouser Belt British Lancer utility uniform

utility uniform

Gilt braid waist belt with correct regimental "S" buckle and gilt braid cross strap supporting black leather document pouch to rear bearing the regimental coat of arms

The division left Southampton

The war in the Pacific still was drawing closer to a nuclear response and Japan’s unconditional surrender

Original U.S. WWI Souvnier Badge and Button Uniform Trouser Belt British Lancer utility uniformOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a standard World War One U. S. issue web trouser belt with a Russell Manufacturing Company buckle. However, the soldier created a souvenir trench art style belt by amassing 25 buttons, badges and medals and attaching them to this belt. The belt may have belonged to a French solider as the final piece bears a French WW1 dog tag that reads PIOUT LOUIS 1893. The pieces range in nationality from U. S., British,